Investigating the global impacts of the Agulhas current
Zahn, Rainer (Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats)
Lutjeharms, Johann (University of Cape Town. Department of Oceanography)
Biastoch, Arne (Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences)
Hall, Ian R (Cardiff University. Cardiff School of Earth and Ocean Sciences)
Knorr, Gregor (Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung)
Park, Wonsun (Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences)
Reason, Chris (University of Cape Town. Department of Oceanography)
Data: |
2010 |
Resum: |
The Agulhas Current is the major western boundary current of the Southern Hemisphere [Lutjeharms, 2006] and a key component of the global ocean "conveyor" circulation controlling the return flow to the Atlantic Ocean [Gordon, 1986]. As such, it is increasingly recognized as a key player in ocean thermohaline circulation, with importance for the meridional overturning circulation (MOC) of the Atlantic Ocean. Unusual dynamics pervade the motion of this warm-water current-as it moves west around the southern tip of Africa, it is retroflected back east by the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Not all waters are captured by this sudden diversion of course-parts of the Agulhas Current leak away into the South Atlantic Ocean (Figure 1). |
Ajuts: |
European Commission 238512
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Drets: |
Tots els drets reservats. |
Llengua: |
Anglès |
Document: |
Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada |
Matèria: |
Agulhas ;
Global climate |
Publicat a: |
Eos, Vol. 91, Issue 12 (March 2010) , p. 109-110, ISSN 0096-3941 |
DOI: 10.1029/2010EO120001
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